About the Authors

Austin S. Nuxoll

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Steven M. Halouska

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Marat R. Sadykov

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Mark L. Hanke

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Kenneth W. Bayles

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Tammy Kielian

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Robert Powers

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Paul D. Fey

pfey@unmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASN RP PDF. Performed the experiments: ASN SMH. Analyzed the data: ASN SMH RP PDF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRS MLH KWB TK. Wrote the paper: ASN SMH RP PDF.